July 25, 2011
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Children
(Not all the kids are in this picture)We have a house full of children. I have 8 children, 3 biological and 5 adopted. We also have 1 grandchild and 2 foster children. Four of the older children live on their own. My job is with children. I taught my lesson today with a huge squirt gun. (Try that with the adults and see how far you get -lol) Next Sunday I’ll be speaking to the adults and I’m so looking forward to it. My subject will be “child like faith”.
What qualities in kids do you like the best?
Word of the Day – Lucid
I have to have lucid lessons when I teach the children.
Psalms: 25:15
Family Feud Question: On a scale of 1-10, How devoted are parents to their children?
Comments (36)
their unending curiosity
Trust/Loyalty
I’m the type who likes playing with other people’s kids every once in a while but don’t have or want any of my own. I like them best when they’re around five or six years old — that’s when they’re the most fun to play with. Unfortunately, these days, someone like me (middle-aged, never married, socially awkward) is generally perceived as a threat if he shows any interest or affection toward a child, even if it’s someone who knows you pretty well, so I’ve pretty much had to give it up. Which is a shame. Back in the day, people used to tell me how neat it was that I had such a gift with children. It’s sad that I can’t share it with anyone anymore.
Never give a snot nose an even break!
How they just love and want to play with everyone, no matter who you are. If you’re nice to them, they’re nice to you. If only adults could do that too.
I’m not really a fan of children.
Trust, observance and honesty.
My favorite thing is that they don’t have all these preconceived ideas of what is possible and what is the correct way to do something. Sometimes just being open to anything helps them discover something much better than an educated adult would ever have considered.
I like how little children can pretend and play, their imaginations are so wonderful. Makes them much fun for me to tease and play with.
Their innocence. How they are so carefree and don’t care about the things we adults learn to care about. how excited they get over new things. It’s just precious.
I love their imaginations.
Openness
Love
Trust
Lack of fear
Pure joy
Amazement
Fun loving
“Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.” Mark 10:14
Barney.
That for a brief period they think Daddy or Gwampa walks on water
and just about everything else mentioned here EXCEPT Barney
How innocent they are.
I adore how they lack judgment; if you’re nice, they’ll love you. They don’t look at what you’re wearing and judge you based upon that!
they’re filled with wonder
i love their hugs, their lack of fear and how they try and don’t give up. they are capable of everything
i love children too and my job is children as well
My boys were born with the gift of laughter and smiles and even today, as grown men, they still have that gift.
Oy… if I was you I’d have shot myself by now. @.@ Kids just aren’t my thing. I don’t enjoy sports/anything played involving running around, and therefore kids think I’m boring. I’m also awful with punishments. I threaten, but never act on my threats because I’m normally afraid of what the kid will tell their parents. I also hate how kids think they’re always right until you prove to them that they are 100% wrong. Pain in the ass. And I suck at saying no, because I can’t deal with temper tantrums or whining. My anger problems act up when a kid doesn’t listen to me, and I feel like hitting them instantaneously. (But I never do, since I know how it feels to be on the other end of that situation…) I don’t really understand how people can possibly enjoy taking care of/entertaining/playing with a kid. But, to each his own, I guess.
xX Ame ~*~ Hana Xx
How quick they are to love you. If only we could keep half of that openness as adults, this world would be amazing!
The simplest things make them happy.
@junbelievable08 - Yes – thanks
@cazmatazz - So true
@MOM2_4 - I like that.
@nomilktoday - Really – What do you do? I’m curious
@MiaJoyTheWriter - I like that quality
You remind me of the Brady Bunch.
@SillyHelena - Children trustworthy and honest? Oh please!
Their innocence.
@The_Eyes_Of_A_Painter - Freaking A! And look at all the trouble the “good” kids got into and how much grief and anxiety they caused their hardworking parents!
How devoted? The answer of couse, in my professional opinion as an educational psychologist, is that devotion is distributed to parents at every level along your scale of one to ten. I had lunch recently with a lady who was sent away by her parents to live with a relative. The original family was very poor, rural and segregated as part of the southern social set of the time. At age 76 she was still trying to accept that what her parents did was an act of love and not one of rejection. I guess my point is that it is pretty hard to measure devotion. Bottom line is that devotion is not easy but for the most part I think parents are in the five plus numbers on your scale and that there is usually a background story for those less devoted. I don’t mean to excuse the less devoted just saying it is hard to judge. Obviously you have sparked some thought today with your question. I admire your devotion to children. The social order could use much more of it that it has (my opinion).
I love that children are so excited and they live life to the fullest.
trust, they want to please and they are easy to please.
Awwwww, that is so wonderful!!! D: I want to adopt kids so bad!~~ I don’t even want biological kids, I just want some adopted ones!! Hahah. <3
And a “child like faith” is a GREAT topic. (:
I love kids because I love having someone to take care of, who depends on me. Their curiousity and imagination are great, and they’re honest without thinking about it. Kids are great.